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Contents

During this course, you will study and understand those elements that allow you to start and evolve your own photographic language, from descriptive-documentary shots to stronger, interpretive and emotional images:

Light – what sensations are evoked with different types of lights

White & black – the distribution of the weights in an image through light zones, shadows, contrasts and textures

Color – how sensations are evoked by using white and mixed white balance, the power of complementary colors, the management of saturation and color distribution in an image

Photographic composition

How to read a photographic image: learn how to observe an image in a deeper and more focused way

Acquire a method to select your own images by learning how to identify the shots that really have a stronger impact and efficacy

Practical exercises

What to bring

The course can be attended by those who own a digital camera or a film camera (please specify the latter case when you sign up). It is suggested, though not mandatory, that the camera is equipped with manual functions for exposure control (time, diaphragm, ISO).

We suggest you bring your own laptop, although we will provide 2 computers for revising the images.

The workshop will unfold mainly outdoors, so bring some comfortable clothes that will also protect you from the eventual wind. Oh, and don’t forget… make sure your batteries are charged!

Francesco Sammicheli was born in 1982 and has a degree in International Relations.
For years he worked his way up in the photography world, from the darkroom to long editing sessions on Photoshop.
He has been teaching photojournalism and fashion photography for 5 years at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute in Florence.
In 2013, he founded the “Crowd photography” photographic studio with the three friends.

Meal and Accomodation

The tour begins from the town of Orbetello at 9:30.
The trip provides one night stay in a 4 stars hotel in Orbetello historical center.
If you wish, you can ask us to reserve an extra night, either before the first tour day or on the second tour day.
The tour includes two lunches. Dinner free.

How to arrive

By train
Orbetello is located on the Roma-Pisa train line, reachable in two hours from both Rome Termini Station and Pisa Central station. If you arrive from Florence, take the train towards Pisa Centrale and then change train from there.

By car
Orbetello is reachable through the Aurelia State Road. Those who arrive from the Grosseto area need to drive down the Aurelia for roughly 40 km and exit at Orbetello.
Those arriving from the South, Rome or Civitavecchia need to drive up Aurelia and exit at Orbetello.